Some Progress

Well its been two weeks since my last update, which tells its own story about how much time I've managed to put into this course recently.

I've not been completely idle, I've squeezed in a few of the exercises, and finished "On Writing", which is a terrific read and very informative, providing an overview of the writing process (at least from SK's point of view) which I felt sat nicely alongside the "build you up slowly" approach of the OCA.

In part two of this course I have attempted to move away from writing based directly upon my own memories, and tried to write fiction. This has proved to be more difficult than I expected, and I now find that I have to be "in the mood" in order to set anything down in my notebook which is worth developing later. This is another reason I have fallen behind my target. (OK no more excuses).

I am also attempting some of the exercises out of sequence. To be specific, I'm avoiding the poetry ones like the plague. See earlier posts for my reasons why.